In the most recent incident, Kalamazoo County sheriff’s investigators said a man and woman broke into a house at about noon Wednesday in the 7700 block of East V Avenue near Vicksburg.

A 13-year-old girl who was home alone locked herself in an upstairs room and called 911 for help, according to a sheriff’s office news release.

Deputies said the girl “provided detailed information” to dispatchers, including a description of the vehicle the man and woman fled in. The vehicle was later stopped by a Vicksburg police officer who arrested both suspects and found “stolen property from the home invasion,” according to the news release.

The incident came less than a day after sheriff’s deputies arrested Ronald Eugene Lucas, 49, in connection with a break-in at a house in the 7400 block of North Second Street in Alamo Township where a 12-year-old girl was home alone.

Deputies said the girl saw Lucas break into her family’s home at about 5 p.m. Tuesday and called her mother, who told her to flee the residence. The mother then called 911, deputies said.

Deputies deployed a Taser stun gun on Lucas and later arrested him. He faces charges of second-degree home invasion, resisting and obstructing police and possession of marijuana.